James D. Watson

I would only once have the opportunity to let my scientific career encompass a path from the double helix to the three billion steps of the human genome.

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These are some quotes by American author James D. Watson Scientist, who was born on April 6, 1928.

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Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.

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I want to see cancer cured in my lifetime. It might be.

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As a child, I lived with being punier than other boys in class. The only consolation was my parents' empathy - they encouraged constant trips to the local drugstore for chocolate milk shakes to fatten me up. The shakes made me happy, but still, all through grammar school, other kids shoved me around.

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